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LAHORE: The fulmination of Tehmina Durrani, wife of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, lends credence to the perception about rift in the Sharif family.

A day after requesting ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif to “spare Shahbaz Sharif the responsibility of protecting and assisting his own party’s rally,” Ms Durrani went a step ahead and held Nawaz’s “immature advisers” responsible for his ouster. The comment set the tongues wagging whether she is speaking on her own or on behalf of Shahbaz Sharif.

In another series of tweets on Thursday, she asked Nawaz Sharif to fire his media team and “sycophants”.

Commenting on the tweet, a PML-N leader from Punjab told Dawn that Ms Durrani apparently referred to the media that was engaged by Maryam Nawaz to hit out at the party opponents and defend Nawaz and his children in the Panama Papers case.

Ministers Marriyum Aurangzeb, Talal Chaudhry and Daniyal Aziz (who was once a right-hand man of Gen Musharraf) and MNA Maiza Hamid are said to be members of Maryam’s media team. During the course of Panama Papers proceedings, they went the extra mile to defend Nawaz Sharif and his children and take on PTI chairman Imran Khan.

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) says both Talal and Aziz have been “rewarded for their hard work” through induction in the cabinet of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

Ms Durrani also took on the advisers to Nawaz whose “ill-advice” caused him unceremonious departure from the Prime Minister House.

“Nawaz Sharif Sahib you hired the most mediocre advisers. You rejected your most sincere, politically experienced and astute colleagues. Your advisers are immature, untutored in vision - your welfare and your role - they lost it for you. Pakistan is a complicated nation... they don’t know,” went another tweet.

It added, “Nawaz Sharif lost the opportunity of making Pakistan a social welfare state. I pray that Nawaz Sharif Sahib arrives home safely... and fires all his advisers.”

Chaudhry Nisar has already categorically said the Panama Papers case had been mishandled both legally and politically.

As for Nisar’s argument, the PML-N leader regretted: “The PML-N hawks like Pervaiz Rashid,
Khawaja Asif, Saad Rafique, Mashidullah Khan and Abid Sher Ali are to be blamed for their advice to Nawaz to have aggressive approach in handling the Panama case and the PML-N opponents.”

Ms Durrani also spoke out for the people affected by the PML-N rally. “Who will pay for the profit and loss of hotels and shops - government? Instead of counting ‘heads’ on GT Road, provide for these and all other ‘heads’ across Pakistan. The government does not have authority to block a main road that belongs to the state and people for its own use. This is illegal order,” she said.

The social media was abuzz with comments as many asked whether she (Ms Durrani) was speaking the language of Shahbaz Sharif or venting out her frustration for not getting the chance of becoming the ‘first lady’.

Another PML-N leader has this to say: “Shahbaz Sharif has intellectual compatibility with Ms Durrani. It is not possible that Shahbaz would not have discussed the current situation with Ms Durrani and there is a possibility that he would have talked about his predicament....”

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TAHMINA is 100% right she is the most intelligent lady in house of Sharifs because her brought is different and she has no genes of the Sheris family

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Irfan afzal

Aug 11, 2017 08:44am

Intellectual compatibility... wow!

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ruby

Aug 11, 2017 09:01am

This is fantastic. Sharifs are pretending their house is divided but they stand united. Well done. PML N will win the next election.

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khan

Aug 11, 2017 09:28am

Whys now there is NO reply tweet through Mariyam Nawaz against TD? As she is always on the toes to reply back every tweet targeting NS

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Reality

Aug 11, 2017 09:40am

@MOHAMMAD KHAN USA Everybody against NS is intelligent in the eyes of "PTI". It's better for them to prepare for next year election, else, the masses would deprive them of KPK also.

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Ayaz

Aug 11, 2017 09:43am

where was she when the whole ISB was locked up for 160 days? where was ms. durrani i ask when IK threatened to lockdown ISB again in november?

its just political point scoring nothing beyond. Lockdowns and blockages are political culture of Pakistan. If you want to do away with it, then put a ban on this across the board, be it religious political or else.

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Khalid Mansoor

Aug 11, 2017 09:54am

Apparently she is doing this on her own, even her husband cannot stop her from doing this. Once again salute you brave lady.

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Usman

Aug 11, 2017 09:55am

Much sensible and that too in n league

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KR

Aug 11, 2017 09:57am

Hats off to Mme Tahmina. Apparently there is one sensible person in the royal family

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Raja

Aug 11, 2017 10:00am

She is very correct in pointing responsility of Mian Nawaz Sharif's downfall.

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Zarak

Aug 11, 2017 10:06am

Its extremely certain that Tehmina Durrani's tweets about Nawaz rally are with the consent of Shahbaz Sharif. And Indeed, it reflects the rift within the house of sharif.

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SAEED MASOOD

Aug 11, 2017 10:23am

Something new coming up is showing on the Horizon of Pakistan Politics. Right now this lady is making sense..

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WARRIs

Aug 11, 2017 10:53am

Let's hope and pray that this will be the beginning of the end of the ugly political dynasty system from our country. Next to go should be the equally ugly feudal system!!

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Ahmed

Aug 11, 2017 10:57am

Tehmina speaks her own mind. One should not link to Shahbaz Sharif.

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optimist rajput

Aug 11, 2017 11:10am

@Reality And pml n would lose federation.

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Shashi

Aug 11, 2017 11:12am

Hats off to this brave lady. I remember reading her book when she exposed the patriarchal mindset of Pak society and politics.

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Zoh

Aug 11, 2017 11:13am

I completely agree with her, Nawaz should have listened to her advice but it is too now! NZ, you've messed up millions of Pakistanis and you are responsible for this.

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Mahmud

Aug 11, 2017 11:50am

A leader should have his own brain and thinking capacity. Others can give their opinions and advise but the leader should decide the correct action and take responsibility. Otherwise go home.

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omar

Aug 11, 2017 11:54am

she doesn't realize MNS wants to follow his own advise only.

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imdadali

Aug 11, 2017 12:14pm

come whats me tahmina is saying truth.

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QADIR KHAN BALOUCH

Aug 11, 2017 12:30pm

Tehmina launched by PML-N for image saving and selling angelic innocence of Chota Sharif sb. All that comes out from the house of not-so-sharifs seems to be an effort to slip away again somehow!

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Saad

Aug 11, 2017 12:34pm

Lol. Her tweets look like a 16 yr old teenager's. Atleast type with full words if you want to look and sound serious to others.
And btw, I support her opinion.

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Philosopher (from Japan)

Aug 11, 2017 01:30pm

Tehmina is right. I like her bold stance.

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zack

Aug 11, 2017 11:48pm

PML N should never be allowed to win as well as the PPP!!

Can you bring for once honest leaders like Musharraf?? Yes I know some of you hate him because he is Urdu speaking and you cannot stand a Urdu speaking to rule you but we are talking about the country that has been raped for 70 years by the corrupt politicians.